§ Mr. GLENDINNINGasked the Chief Secretary if his attention has repeatedly been called to the fact that the inhabitants of Armoy, county Antrim, have no public water supply except a public well beside the Presbyterian burying ground, at an inconvenient place, with an inadequate supply of water quite unfit for domestic purposes; if the attention of the Ballycastle Rural District Council has been repeatedly drawn to this matter during the past ten years with no result whatever; and, seeing that this council refuses to take any adequate steps to remedy this state of affairs, will he advise the Local Government Board to grant the people of Armoy a public sworn inquiry into the whole matter?
§ Mr. BIRRELLThe hon. Member appears to have been misinformed. I understand that last autumn a public pump was provided, from which a good supply of wholesome water is obtainable; and that since then the rural district council have rented for public purposes one of the private wells in the locality, the water of which is stated by the medical officer of health to be excellent as regards both quality and quantity. In addition to arranging for these two supplies, the council have invited tenders for sinking another public well; and, if they carry out their present intentions, the total water supply rendered available for public use should, in the opinion of the Local Government Board, prove sufficient for the needs of the town.